Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36573114›Full record

ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2022

Role of Advanced Glycation End Products in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Mechanism and Therapeutic Potential.

Fengguang Yang, Daxue Zhu, Zhaoheng Wang, Yingping Ma, Liangzeng Huang, Xuewen Kang, Bing Ma

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Ovine models of intervertebral disc degeneration.Annals of translational medicine · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Development,Drug delivery · 2025
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fengguang YangDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4384-8306
Daxue ZhuDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8418-9757
Zhaoheng WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Yingping MaDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Liangzeng HuangDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Xuewen KangDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-9198
Bing MaDepartment of Orthopedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7757-0891
China International Science and Technology Cooperation · CNLanzhou University Second Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of low back pain caused by lumbar disc degeneration is high, and it can lead to loss of work ability and impose heavy social and economic burdens. The pathogenesis of low back pain is unclear, and there are no effective treatments. With age, the deposition of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in intervertebral disc (IVD) gradually increases and is accelerated by diabetes and a high-AGEs diet, leading to destruction of the annulus fibrosus (AF), nucleus pulposus (NP), and cartilage endplate (CEP) and finally intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Reducing the accumulation of AGEs in IVD and blocking the transmission of downstream signals caused by AGEs have a significant effect on alleviating IDD. In this review, we summarize the mechanism by which AGEs induce IDD and potential treatment strategies.

Indexed as

Annulus FibrosusIntervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DegenerationLow Back PainGlycation End Products, AdvancedHumansGlycation End Products, Advanced

Identifiers

PMID36573114
PMCPMC9789911
OpenAlexW4311815880

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.